DECOROUS in a Sentence
Learn DECOROUS from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
124 example sentences for DECOROUS, such as:
1. I'll finish the decorations for you.
2. The soldier was decorated for bravery.
3. We decorated the house on a tight budget.
4. The king decorated his official for ability.
5. The bathroom is decorated in green and yellow.
2. The soldier was decorated for bravery.
3. We decorated the house on a tight budget.
4. The king decorated his official for ability.
5. The bathroom is decorated in green and yellow.
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Meanings and Examples of DECOROUS
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decorator
n. someone who decorates
n. a person who specializes in designing architectural interiors and their furnishings
decoration
n. the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive)
n. an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event
decorative
a. serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose
decorate
v. award a mark of honor, such as a medal, to
v. make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
decor
n. decoration consisting of the layout and furnishings of a livable interior
Classic Sentence: (93 in 7 pages)
1 The green eyes in the carefully sweet face were turbulent, willful, lusty with life, distinctly at variance with her decorous demeanor.
2 Under the arbor sat the married women, their dark dresses decorous notes in the surrounding color and gaiety.
3 Then there would have been a decorous interval of a year or at least six months.
4 A lady so decorous in herself, and so highly connected, was not to be suspected of dropping over the banisters or sliding down them, yet her extraordinary facility of locomotion suggested the wild idea.
5 A direct fall from upright to horizontal, which was the end of the other fighting characters, was not an elegant or decorous part for a girl.
6 Bazarov did not like this measured, somewhat ostentatious punctuality in daily life, 'like moving along rails,' he pronounced it to be; the footmen in livery, the decorous stewards, offended his democratic sentiments.
7 "Tonight, not later," said he in a low voice, and he moved away with a decorous smile of self-satisfaction at being able clearly to understand and state the patient's condition.
8 Jo couldn't even lose her heart in a decorous manner, but sternly tried to quench her feelings, and failing to do so, led a somewhat agitated life.
9 The whole tribe of decorous personages, who had never heretofore been seen with a single hair of their heads awry, would start into public view with the disorder of a nightmare in their aspects.
10 Even he was sensible of the decorous atmosphere and even he began to respond to the religious stimulus.
11 Under the masonic aprons and insignia he saw the uniforms and decorations at which they aimed in ordinary life.
12 He narrated that episode so persistently and with so important an air that everyone believed in the merit and usefulness of his deed, and he had obtained two decorations for Austerlitz.
13 A large crowd of militiamen and domestics were moving toward her, and in their midst several men were supporting by the armpits and dragging along a little old man in a uniform and decorations.
14 Then they dressed him in uniform with his decorations and placed his shriveled little body on a table.
15 Prince Vasili, who having obtained a new post and some fresh decorations was particularly proud at this time, seemed to him a pathetic, kindly old man much to be pitied.
Example Sentence: (31 in 3 pages)
1 The door of the old church was embellished with decorations.
2 I'll finish the decorations for you.
3 A researcher who claims widespread fraud involving military decorations says he warned Adm.
4 The king decorated his official for ability.
5 The room was decorated with a very artistic touch.
6 We decorated the house on a tight budget.
7 They decorated the wedding car with ribbons and flowers.
8 The bathroom is decorated in green and yellow.
9 We retained the original fireplace when we decorated the room.
10 The soldier was decorated for bravery.
11 The apartment was spacious, in other words, and elegantly decorated, but it wasn't clear anyone actually lived there.
12 In a small room adjoining the cathedral, visitors can see this ornately decorated chalice made by famous European goldsmith.
13 Before the trial, he mailed off all his court documents to family members in elaborately decorated envelopes.
14 A few strange, antique portraits of the men and women of other days decorated the stained walls.
15 The decorator appointed the hotel with ultramodern furnishings.